Applied Sciences
Researchers are collecting vast amounts of diverse genomic data with ever-increasing speed, but effective ways to visualize these data in an integrated manner have lagged behind the ability to generate them. To address this growing need, researchers at the Broad Institute have developed the Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV), a novel and freely available visualization tool that helps users simultaneously integrate and analyze different types of genomic data.
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Titanium, a protean element with applications from pigments to aerospace alloys, could get a new role as an environmentally friendly additive for automotive oil, thanks to work conducted at the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) by materials scientists from Afton Chemical Corporation in Richmond, Va., and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that it will provide $36 million for 15 projects aimed at furthering the development of new and cost-effective technologies for the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the existing fleet of coal-fired power plants.
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As gas prices soar, scientists at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University are marketing research that will enable petroleum companies to locate, analyze and process crude oil much faster, cheaper and more accurately.
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U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Under Secretary for Science Dr. Raymond L. Orbach and U.S. Agriculture Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics Gale Buchanan today announced plans to award 10 grants totaling more than $10 million to accelerate fundamental research in the development of cellulosic biofuels.
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A new computer language for modeling biological phenomenon can think like cells and molecular mechanisms think, thereby simulating the dynamics of biological phenomenon.
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Adding just the right dash of nanoparticles to standard mixes of lubricants and refrigerants could yield the equivalent of an energy-saving chill pill for factories, hospitals, ships, and others with large cooling systems
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As the size of complex scientific data sets grows exponentially, so does the need for scientists to explore the data visually and collaboratively in ultra-high resolution environments. To that end, the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) has unveiled the highest-resolution display system for scientific visualization in the world at the University of California, San Diego.
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Millipore Corporation, a Life Science leader providing technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, today unveiled a major expansion of its St. Charles, Missouri facility headquarters for its Drug Discovery Business Unit.
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More and more conferences are working to become green. Green meetings or events incorporate environmental considerations to minimize negative impacts on the environment. At the 2008 American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHce), May 31June 5, 2008, the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) is implementing green initiatives in the City of Minneapolis.
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The EC-funded MINOS-EURONET project has combined a series of methods to showcase Micro Nano Technology R&D Capabilities from New Member States for a better integration of their research activities into the European Research Area (ERA)
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